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Formatting the HDD Formatting on a
PC (Win2000/XP)
Use the Disk Management
Utility
• Right click on “My
Computer” and choose
“Manage”
• Select “Disk Management”
• Choose the drive you want
to format and right click on
the Disk or drive field for
further commands
• Create a primary NTFS
partition and format it
• Follow the Wizard
instructions
You can also format TVisto using FAT32 but this will have the limitation of max disk being
32GB and max file size being 4GB. Note: To be able to use the TVisto on all Operating
Systems, you will need to use FAT32. To create one single disk over 32GB use the DOS
command prompt and the “fdisk” command on Win98/SE or WinME. You may also use
3rd party software to create the partition but make sure it is a primary partition.
Formatting on a Mac OS X
Use the Disk Utility to format
your drive and create a single
partition on your external disk.
• Select “Disk Utility” in the
utilities folder
• Choose your external
drive and format it
according to your
requirement. For Mac only,
choose “Mac OS
Extended”
Be aware that formatting the
drive will erase all data on it!
NOTE: To be able to use the TVisto on all Operating Systems, you will need to use
FAT32, also called MS-DOS on the Mac OS (max file size limited to 1GB!). To create one
single primary partition over 32GB for files up to 4GB, use the DOS command prompt
and the “fdisk” command on Win98/SE or WinME.